RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - ASUU Part Quatre: We Have An Agreement | Agùntáṣǫólò

"My problem with all of you social scientists who populate this forum in overwhelming number is the problematization of little matters."  

 

Ma

 

Hm. You have a problem with "all of you social scientists…". Is this to say that there is not one "social scientist" in your opinion, who does not 'problematize' little matters? When is a matter a little matter? Who makes the determination? What is the basis of this person's entitlement to so determine if indeed such a person exists? Is it not the case that one person's little matter may be another's not-little matter? What is the certainty that a so-called little matter that is not properly addressed, will not transmute into a not-little matter? A little more charity, discretion, humility, thoughtfulness, and respect for all, on the part of every all forum participant will help to edify and enrich forum conversations. I am just musing.

 

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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mobolaji Aluko
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 5:53 AM
To: Chidi Anthony Opara
Cc: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - ASUU Part Quatre: We Have An Agreement | Agùntáṣǫólò

 

Dear Forum Members:

My problem with all of you social scientists who populate this forum in overwhleming number is the problematization of little matters.  In the sometimes serious, sometimes tombo-joint discussions, I suddenly read someone quote/cite Freud, Nietzsche (sp?), especially Weber, not to talk of the occasional Soyinka, Jeyifo or even Falola. And I ask: sho?

Anyway sha, Diaspora returnee or not, Chidi - noting your earlier pregnant ly egeregious and gratuitous insinuation and innuendo - we are still working on seeing the strike come to some amicable resolution - for the sake of the innocent and hapless students.

And there you have that one.


Bolaji Aluko

On Wednesday, October 9, 2013, Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:
> You guys should spare this forum these unnecessary Intellectual showmanship, (gra-gra in motor park parlance), aimed at ego boosting and unnecessary intimidation of the other person. Even when the discussion degenerates into "I can lecture you……..", you guys still think you are "proffering solutions". Most of your posts have only entertainment value (apologies to Toyin Adepoju).
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> Any way shaa, I can lecture all of you on the "Intellectualization of njakirism or yabisism"(una no go clap for me?).
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> CAO.
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> On Monday, 7 October 2013 10:38:08 UTC+1, Chidi Anthony Opara wrote:
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> One of the problems ASUU has at the moment is the ambition of some persons in the diaspora to take over the administration of education in Nigeria. They armed their attack dogs with one sided facts and unleashed them on the Internet, ASUU must be made to look bad so that they would be invited to come and "help". Unfortunately, ASUU, presently, is too weak to match them propaganda for propaganda. Nigerian literature suffered the same fate not quite long ago.
> CAO. 
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> On Sunday, 6 October 2013 19:54:04 UTC+1, tovadepoju wrote:
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> On the National Unity of ASUU
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> To the best of my understanding,  the idea of dismantling ASUU is ultimately inimical to the Nigerian university system. 
> In a system like Nigeria's political context, you need a national ASUU to address the issues of academics and universities.
> ASUU can be improved, but to dismantle the union in the name of having only local branches, looks to me like a journey to hell. 
> Operating from local unions alone is a recipe for powerlessness, and therefore ineffectual relationship with the federal government, the employer of the universities.
> Feyi Fawehinmi describes Nigerian academics as among the better paid in the world.
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> His claims are contested by respondents on his blog who state his figures are not consistent with their  own experience as Nigerian academics. 
> These respondents also place his general criticism of ASUU in what looks to me like a more balanced context. 
> Whatever the reality might be, however, any gains academics have  have made is because of the strength of a national ASUU.
> Remove that national  strength, and you have no power.
> In five to ten years time, that salary being described as so big could shrink to your pre-1990 position as the Nigerian economy fluctuates.
> Then university decay would begin in earnest.
> We need a discussion about and action on how to make sure ASUU and the govt are always on the same page or on a page close to each other, on how to improve academic development, on how to make sure academics are more conscientious, on how to make sure those monies made available  to universities are maximised, on how to improve student well being as much as possible -eg. any university in the world that does not have 24 hour Web access for  students - at both individual  use and dedicated computer rooms with a  sufficient number of computers-  and staff  might  never be part of the global knowledge stream in a significant manner, in my view, but removing a national ASUU from the equation might be to ensure these developments will never emerge.
> Ideas are being canvassed about the govt doing its duty more diligently with reference to universities, but who is to ensure that those duties are fulfilled?
> On Nigerian vs International Publication of Journal Articles and Books
>

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